Blunt may be a little angry about what The Donald is doing to his campaign, but he\u2019s not above some bluster:<\/p>\n
Blunt himself pointed to the 2012 result in Missouri \u2014 when senior senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, won by 15 points as Romney cruised \u2014 as evidence that his fate won\u2019t be tied to Trump\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But Claire McCaskill was running against the boneheaded Todd Akin. And Jason Kander is no Todd Akin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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